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ReviewFrontiers in public health2025

Harnessing artificial intelligence for enhanced public health surveillance: a narrative review.

Vanessa I S Mendes, Beatriz M F Mendes, Rui Pedro Moura, Inês M Lourenço, Mariana F A Oliveira, Kim Lee Ng, Cátia S Pinto

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Review in Frontiers in public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Parsing Instagram Posts for Smoking Imagery Amongst Users: A Content Analysis.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine · 2026
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  5. An Exploration of Machine Learning Methods in Human Biomonitoring.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Vanessa I S MendesGlobal Digital Health and International Affairs Unit, SPMS - Shared Services of the Ministry of Health, E. P. E., Lisbon, Portugal.
Beatriz M F MendesGlobal Digital Health and International Affairs Unit, SPMS - Shared Services of the Ministry of Health, E. P. E., Lisbon, Portugal.
Rui Pedro MouraGlobal Digital Health and International Affairs Unit, SPMS - Shared Services of the Ministry of Health, E. P. E., Lisbon, Portugal.
Inês M LourençoGlobal Digital Health and International Affairs Unit, SPMS - Shared Services of the Ministry of Health, E. P. E., Lisbon, Portugal.
Mariana F A OliveiraGlobal Digital Health and International Affairs Unit, SPMS - Shared Services of the Ministry of Health, E. P. E., Lisbon, Portugal.
Kim Lee NgDepartment of Sequencing and Bioinformatics, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Cátia S PintoGlobal Digital Health and International Affairs Unit, SPMS - Shared Services of the Ministry of Health, E. P. E., Lisbon, Portugal.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) has a transformative potential to revolutionize public health by addressing critical challenges in disease prevention, outbreak detection, and countermeasures distribution. Traditional public health surveillance methods often face limitations, such as delays in reporting, under-detection of cases, and the overwhelming complexity of managing large datasets. In contrast, AI technologies enable real-time analysis, enhance scalability, and support more effective decision-making, especially during health crises. This review examines the profound impact of AI on key areas of public health, with a particular focus on communicable diseases. It explores how AI-driven technologies are transforming disease monitoring and surveillance, outbreak prevention, and disease modeling, improving the ability to detect and respond to emerging health threats. Furthermore, the role of internet and social media in managing disease outbreaks through AI-powered systems is also highlighted, showcasing how AI can harness information from diverse data sources to enhance public health interventions. The review also delves into the regulatory landscape, emphasizing the importance of robust standards and frameworks, such as those established by the EU, for ensuring the safe, ethical, and responsible implementation of AI in public health. By shedding light on AI's potential to improve real-time decision-making and support health crisis management, this paper underscores its transformative role in shaping the future of public health surveillance and response.

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Artificial IntelligencePublic HealthPublic Health SurveillanceDisease OutbreaksHumansartificial intelligenceearly detectionepidemiologyhealth threatsmedical countermeasurespublic healthsocial media datasurveillance

Identifiers

PMID40809756
PMCPMC12343694

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